started 9 - 20, finished 44-9 (2 games out of first place in divison) - this is what the problem is: aberrant run cost me my division and the very advantageous 1st round bye - this is what it looks like when it takes 10 games or more to 'normalize'

For example: I had a team start 3-6. Then go 34-4. That's not quite as bad as yours but it really begs the question... why, if a team is that good, does it have slumps? This isn't RL where players slump and as a result, their stats go down. Players are supposed to perform based on the stats they put up.